WO2005103220A1 - Amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents in detergent formulations - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to compositions comprising specific amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents (FWA) and dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agents, formulations for the treatment of textiles comprising such compositions, and the use of such compositions and/or formulations.
- FWA amphoteric fluorescent whitening agents
- FWA also amphoteric FWA are often used in compositions for the treatment of textiles. Such compositions are for example disclosed in EP 850934.
- compositions for the treatment of textiles often comprise dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agents.
- the disadvantage of such dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agents is that they drastically reduce the efficiency of FWA's.
- composition (C1) comprising (i) at least one compound of formula (1 )
- Ri represents hydrogen; straight-chain C ⁇ -C ⁇ 2 al yl, which may be substituted by one or two -OH, -OC ⁇ -C 4 alkyl, -NH 2 , -NHCrO.alkyl, -N(C 1 -C 4 aHcyl) 2l -N-pyrrolidino, -N- piperidino, -N-morpholino or -N + (d-C 4 alkyl) 3 groups; branched C 3 -C ⁇ 2 alkyl group, which may be interrupted by one or two heteroatoms and which may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or two -OH, -OCrC ⁇ lkyl, -NH 2 , -NHC ⁇ -C 4 alkyl, -Nfd-C alkylk, -N-pyrrolidino, -N-piperidino, -N-mo ⁇ holino or -N + (C ⁇ -C alkyl) 3 groups
- R 2 represents C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl; C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl; -CH 2 CONH 2 ; -CH 2 COOH or -CH 2 COOC ⁇ -C alkyl or
- A represents a group of the formulae
- R 3 , R 4 and R 5 each, independently of each other, represent hydrogen; CrC alkyl; C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl; the group -X'-NR ⁇ R 7 or the group -X'- fRe-R ⁇ R / , whereby at least one of the substituents R and/or R 5 represents -X'-NReR or -X'-N + R ⁇ R ⁇ R 7 , X and X' each, independently of each other, represent a straight-chain C 2 -
- Re, Re- and R 7 each, independently of each other, represent hydrogen; C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl; or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound, complete a pyrrolidino, piperidino or morpholino ring and R 2 is as previously defined or A is NR ⁇ Rg, wherein
- Re and R 9 each independently of each other, represent hydrogen; C ⁇ -C 8 alkyl, wherein the alkyl group may be substituted by C ⁇ -C alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-Ci- C 4 alkylamino or tri-C ⁇ -C alky1ammonium; C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, wherein the alkyl group may bs substituted by C ⁇ -C- a!koxy, amino, mono- or d ⁇ -Gr C 4 alkylamino or tri-C ⁇ -C 4 alkylammonium; C ⁇ -C 4 alkoxyCrC 4 alkyl; phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, C ⁇ -C alkoxy, CrC alkyl, COOM, SO 3 M or sulphonamido, or
- A represents halogen
- D has independently from A the same meanings as defined for A with the exception that D is not halogen, and
- M is hydrogen; an alkali metal atom; ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; or a quaternised form thereof, and (ii) at least one dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agent.
- compositions (C2) comprising as component (i) at least one compound of formula (8)
- each B is the same or different and each is -NH-Z-N(R a )(R b ) or -N-fZ-N(R a )(R b )] 2 in which Z is C 2 -C 14 alkylene or optionally substituted arylene, R a and R t , are the same or different and each is d-C ⁇ alkyl, or R a and R t ,, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are each attached, form a morpholino, piperidino or piperazino ring; and A is NH 2 ; NH(d-C 4 alkyl); N(d-C 4 alkyl) 2 ; N(CH 2 CH 2 OH) 2 ; O-d-C 4 alkyl; ; NH — ( " or — N O , in which
- M is hydrogen; an alkali metal atom; ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; or ⁇ ⁇ i-aismssed form thereof, and
- compositions (C3) comprising as component (i) at least one compound of formula (9)
- R 1 represents hydrogen; a straight-chain C ⁇ -C ⁇ 2 alkyl or branched d-C ⁇ alkyl group which
- C 2 -C ⁇ 2 alkyl and C 3 -d 2 alkyl group, respectively, may be interrupted by one or two heteroatoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two -OH, -OC ⁇ -C alkyl, -NH 2> -NHC ⁇ -C 4 alkyl, -N(C ⁇ -C alkyl) 2 , -N-pyr ⁇ olidino, -N-piperidino, -N-mo ⁇ holino or -N + (CrC alkyl) 3 groups and
- R 2 represents C C 4 alkyl; C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl; -CH 2 CONH 2 ; -CH 2 COOH or
- each A independently of one another, represent a group of the formula
- Re, Re- and R 7 each, independently of each other, represent hydrogen; C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound, complete a pyrrolidino, piperidino or morpholino ring and R 2 is as previously defined and each each B independently of one another, is either defined as for A or represent halogen; -NH 2 ; C ⁇ -C monoalkyl- or dialkylamino, said alkyl groups being unsubstituted or substituted by C ⁇ -C alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-C C 4 alkylamino or tri-C ⁇ - C alkylammonium; C ⁇ - t hydroxyalkylamino; C 2 -C 4 di(hydroxyalkyl)amino; anilino; an aniline monosulphonic acid or sulphonamide residue or a 5- or 6-membered, saturated heterocyclic ring, and (ii) at least one dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agent.
- compositions (C4) comprising as component (i) at least one compound of formulae (10), (11), and/or (12)
- A' represents -X-Y-NR 3 R 4
- F* represents a group of the formula
- D' represents -NR ⁇ Re and B' represents -X ⁇ -Y ⁇ -NR 7 R ⁇ , whereby
- X and X 1 each, independently of each other, represent -O- or -NH-,
- Y and Y 1 each, independently of each other, represent a straight-chain C 2 -
- C 8 alkylene or branched C 3 -C 8 alkylene chain which may be interrupted by one or two nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur atoms or represent a 5- or 6- membered cycloaliphatic ring, preferably cyclohexyl,
- R 2 , e and Re each independently of each other, represent hydrogen; d-C 8 alkyl;
- R3, R-j, R 7 and Re each independently of each other, represent hydrogen; C ⁇ -C alkyl; C 2 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl or
- R 3 and R and/or R 7 and Re, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, complete a morpholino-, piperidino- or pyrrolidino-ring and M represents hydrogen; an alkaline or alkaline earth metal; ammonium or alkyl ammonium, and (ii) at least one dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agent.
- the compounds of formula (1) are known for example from WO03/078406, EP 413926 and EP 850943 and can be produced according to known processes.
- any suitable dyefixing, dye transfer inhibition and/or fabric softening agent can be used, for example polymeric dye transfer inhibition and/or polymeric dye-fixing agents.
- Polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents are preferably polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinylimidazole, polyvinylpyrrolidone/polyvinylimidazole-copolymer or polyvinylpyridine-N- oxides which may have been modified by the incorporation of anionic or cationic substituents, especially those having a molecular weight in the range of from 5'000 to 60O00, more especially from 5O00 to 50O00.
- Such polymers are usually used in an amount of from 0.01 to 5 % by weight (wt-%), preferably 0.05 to 5 wt-%, especially 0.01 to 2 wt-%, based on the total weight of the detergent.
- Preferred dye fixatives are those given in WO 02/02865 (see especially page 1, last paragraph and page 2, first paragraph) and WO 03/057815 (see especially page 2, last 2 paragraphs and page 3, first paragraph).
- Another preferred dye-fixing agent based on basic polycondensation products of an amine of formula (13)
- R 1 0, R11 and R12 each independently of the others being hydrogen or alkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted by amino, hydroxy, cyano or by d-C alkoxy and G being alkylene optionally substituted or interrupted by one or more hetero atoms.
- G in formula (1) is preferably d-doalkylene optionally interrupted by -O-, -S-, -NH- or by -N(C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl)- and/or substituted by hydroxy, especially C 2 -C 20 alkylene interrupted one or more times by -NH-.
- R 9 , R 10 , R11 and R i2 preferably are each independently of the others hydrogen or C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl.
- suitable compounds of formula (13) are 1 ,4-butanediamine, 1,6-hexanediamine, dipropylenetriamine, N-(2-aminoethyl)-1 ,3-propanediamine, N,N-bis(2-aminopropyl)methyl- amine, polyethyleneimines and polyethylenepolyamines such as diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine and pentamethylenehexamine.
- Preferred compounds of formula (13) are polyethylenepolyamines and, among those, especially diethylenetriamine.
- the number of repeating units of monomers of formula (13) in the basic polycondensation products is, for example, from 4 to 100, especially from 4 to 50.
- Suitable cyanamides are, for example, cyanamide, dicyandiamide, guanidine and biguanidine. Preference is given to dicyandiamide.
- the above-mentioned dye-fixing agents are known, for example, from EP-A-692511 , WO 99/64550, EP-A-1303665, WO 03/057815 and WO 01/74982 and can be obtained by the method disclosed therein.
- the softener compounds can be any common softener compound as well as mixtures of fabric softener compounds.
- Fabric softener components especially hydrocarbon fabric softener components, suitable for use herein are selected from the following classes of compounds:
- Cationic quaternary ammonium salts (i) Cationic quaternary ammonium salts.
- the counter ion of such cationic quaternary ammonium salts may be a halide, such as chloride or bromide, methyl sulphate, or other ions well known in the literature.
- the counter ion is methyl sulfate or any alkyl sulfate or any halide, methyl sulfate being most preferred for the dryer-added articles of the invention.
- cationic quaternary ammonium salts include but are not limited to:
- Acyclic quaternary ammonium salts having at least two Ce-Cao-, preferably Ci2-C22-alkyl or alkenyl chains such as: ditallowdimethyl ammonium methylsulfate, di(hydrogenated tallow)dimethyl ammonium methylsulfate, di(hydrogenated tallow)dimethyl ammonium methylchloride, distearyldimethyl ammonium methyl-sulfate, dicocodimethyl ammonium methylsulfate and the like.
- the fabric softening compound is a water insoluble quaternary ammonium material which comprises a compound having two Ci 2 -C ⁇ -alkyl or alkenyl groups connected to the molecule via at least one ester link. It is more preferred if the quaternary ammonium material has two ester links present.
- An especially preferred ester-linked quaternary ammonium material for use in the invention can be represented by the formula:
- each R 13 group is independently selected from Ci to C 4 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or d-d- alkenyl groups; T is either -O-C(O)- or -C(O)-O-, and wherein each R 14 group is independently selected from C 8 -C 28 -alkyl or alkenyl groups; and e is an integer from 0 to 5.
- a second preferred type of quaternary ammonium material can be represented by the formula:
- Cyclic quaternary ammonium salts of the imidazolinium type such as di(hydrogenated tallow iimethyl imidazolinium methylsulfate, 1-ethylene-bis(2-tallow-1 -methyl) imidazolinium methylsulfate and the like;
- Diamido quaternary ammonium salts such as: methyl-bis(hydrogenated tallow amidoethyl)-2-hydroxethyl ammonium methyl sulfate, methyl bi(tallowamidoethyl)-2- hydroxypropyl ammonium methylsulfate and the like;
- Biodegradable quaternary ammonium salts such as N,N-di(tallowoyl-oxy-ethyl)-N,N- dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and N.N-d tallowoyl-oxy-propylJ-N.N-dimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate.
- Biodegradable quaternary ammonium salts are described, for example, in U.S. Patents 4,137,180, 4,767,547 and 4,789,491 incorporated by reference herein.
- Preferred biodegradable quaternary ammonium salts include the biodegradable cationic diester compounds as described in U.S.
- Patent 4,137,180 herein incorporated by reference, (ii) Tertiary fatty amines having at least one and preferably two C 8 to C 30> preferably C ⁇ 2 to C 22 alkyl chains.
- Examples include hardened tallow-di-methylamine and cyclic amines such as 1-(hydrogenated tallow )amidoethyl-2-(hydrogenated tallow) imidazoline.
- Cyclic amines which may be employed for the compositions herein, are described in U.S. Patent 4,806,255 incorporated by reference herein.
- Carboxylic acids having 8 to 30 carbons atoms and one carboxylic group per molecule.
- the alkyl portion has 8 to 30, preferably 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
- the alkyl portion may be linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, with linear saturated alkyl preferred.
- Stearic acid is a preferred fatty acid for use in the composition herein. Examples of these carboxylic acids are commercial grades of stearic acid and palmitic acid, and mixtures thereof, which may contain small amounts of other acids.
- Esters of polyhydric alcohols such as sorbitan esters or glycerol stearate.
- Sorbitan esters are the condensation products of sorbitol or iso-sorbitol with fatty acids such as stearic acid.
- Preferred sorbitan esters are monoalkyl.
- SPAN ® 60 SPAN ® 60 (ICI) which is a mixture of sorbitan and isosorbide stearates.
- Preferred fabric softeners for use herein are acyclic quaternary ammonium salts. Mixtures of the above mentioned fabric softeners may also be used.
- compositions (C1), (C2), (C3) or (C4) may be in solid or liquid form.
- compositions are in solid form.
- a further embodiment of the present invention relates to detergent formulations (DF1 ) comprising
- the surfactant (b) may be anionic or nonionic.
- Suitable anionic surfactants are sulfate, sulfonate or carboxylate surfactant or a mixture of those surfactants.
- Preferred sulfates are those having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, where appropriate in combination with alkyl ethoxysulfates having from 10 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.
- Preferred sulfonates are, for example, alkylbenzenesulfonates having from 9 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical and or alkylnaphthalenesulfona.es having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.
- the cation in the anionic surfactant is preferably an alkali metal cation, especially sodium.
- Preferred carboxylates are alkali metal sarcosinates of the formula Ri 5 -CO-N(R ⁇ 6 )-CH 2 COOM 1 , wherein
- R s is alkyl or alkenyl having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl or alkenyl radical
- R 16 is C ⁇ -C 4 alkyl
- Mi is an alkali metal.
- suitable non-ionic surfactants are condensation product of from 3 to 8 mols of ethylene oxide with 1 mol of primary alcohol containing from 9 to 20 carbon atoms.
- auxiliaries (c) are for examples builder substances; peroxides; suspending agents for dirt, e.g. sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; pH regulators, e.g. alkali metal or alkaline earth metal silicates; foam regulators, e.g. soap; salts for regulating the spray-drying and the granulating properties, e.g. sodium sulfate; fragrances; antistatic agents; fabric conditioners; enzymes, such as amylase, cellulase and protease; bleaching agents; pigments and/or toning agents.
- builder substances e.g. sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
- pH regulators e.g. alkali metal or alkaline earth metal silicates
- foam regulators e.g. soap
- salts for regulating the spray-drying and the granulating properties e.g. sodium sulfate
- fragrances e.g. sodium sulfate
- antistatic agents e.g. sodium sul
- washing agent compositions according to the invention may also comprise so-called perborate activators, such as, for example, TAED or TAGU.
- perborate activators such as, for example, TAED or TAGU.
- TAED which is preferably used in an amount of from 0.05 to 5 wt-%, especially from 0.2 to 1.7 wt-%, based on the total weight of the detergent formulation.
- builder substance for example, alkali metal phosphates, especially tripolyphosphates, carbonates or hydrogen carbonates, especially the sodium salts, silicates, aluminium silicates, polycarboxylates, polycarboxylic acids, organic phosphonates, aminoalkylenepoly(alkylenephosphonates) or mixtures of those compounds.
- Especially suitable silicates are sodium salts of crystalline silicates having layered structures of the formula NaHSi t O 2 t + i"pH 2 O or Na 2 Si t ⁇ 2t+ ⁇ 'pH2 ⁇ 1 wherein t is a number from 1.9 to 4 and p is a number from 0 to 20.
- aluminium silicates preference is given to those obtainable commercially under the names zeolite A, B, X and HS, and also to mixtures comprising two or more of those components.
- polycarboxylates preference is given to polyhydroxycarboxyla.es, especially citrates, and acrylates and also copolymers thereof with maleic anhydride.
- Preferred polycarboxylic acids are nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and ethylenediamine disuccinate either in racemic form or in the enantiomerically pure S,S form.
- Phosphonates and aminoalkylenepoly(alkylenephosphonates) that are especially suitable are alkali metal salts of 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, nitrilotris(methylenephosphonic acid), ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic acid and diethylenetriaminepentamethylenephosphonic acid.
- the peroxide component for example, the organic and inorganic peroxides known in the literature and available commercially that bleach textile materials at conventional washing temperatures, for example at from 10 to 95°C.
- the organic peroxides are, for example, mono- or poly-peroxides, especially organic peracids or salts thereof, such as phthalimidoperoxycaproic acid, peroxybenzoic acid, diperoxydodecanoic diacid, diperoxynonanoic diacid, diperoxydecanoic diacid, diperoxyphthalic acid or salts thereof.
- inorganic peroxides are used, such as, for example, persulfates, perborates, percarbonates and/or persilicates. It will be understood that mixtures of inorganic and/or organic peroxides can also be used.
- the peroxides may be in a variety of crystalline forms and have different water contents, and they may also be used together with other inorganic or organic compounds in order to improve their storage stability.
- the peroxides are added to the washing agent composition preferably by mixing the components, for example using a screw metering system and/or a fluidised bed mixer.
- Preferred enzymes are cellulases, proteases, amylases and lipases.
- Preferred enzymes are cellulases and proteases, especially proteases.
- Cellulases are enzymes which act on cellulose and its derivatives and hydrolyze them into glucose, cellobiose, cellooligosaccharide. Cellulases remove dirt and have the effect of mitigating the roughness to the touch. Examples of enzymes to be used include, but are by no means limited to, the following: proteases as given in US-B-6,242,405, column 14, lines 21 to 32; lipases as given in US-B-6,242,405, column 14, lines 33 to 46; amylases as given in US-B-6,242,405, column 14, lines 47 to 56; and cellulases as given in US-B-6,242,405, column 14, lines 57 to 64.
- the enzymes can optionally be present in the detergent compositions.
- the enzymes are usually present in an amount of 0.01-5 wt-%, preferably 0.05-5 wt-% and more preferably 0.1-4 wt-%, based on the total weight of the detergent composition.
- a preferred detergent formulation (DF2) consists of
- alkylnaphthalenesulfonat.es having from 6 to
- alkali metal sarcosinates of the formula
- R ⁇ s is alkyl or alkenyl having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl or alkenyl radical, R 16 is d-C 4 alkyl and
- Mi is an alkali metal and /or at least one non-ionic surfactant from the group consisting of condensation products of from 3 to 8 mols of ethylene oxide with 1 mol of primary alcohol containing from 9 to 20 carbon atoms, iiia) from 5 to 60 wt-%, based on the total weight of the detergent formulation, of a builder substance from the group consisting of alkali metal phosphates; carbonates; hydrogen carbonates; silicates; aluminium silicates; polycarboxylates; polycarboxylic acids; organic phosphonates and ami ⁇ oalkyle ⁇ epo!y(a!kyle ⁇ ephosphcnates), and iiib) from 0 to 30 wt-%, based on the total weight of the detergent formulation, of a peroxide from the group consisting of organic mono- or poly-peroxides; organic peracids and salts thereof; persulfates; perborates; percarbonates and persilicates,
- the detergent formulations (DF1) and (DF2) according to the invention may be in solid, liquid, gel-like or paste-like form, for example in the form of a liquid, non-aqueous washing agent composition containing not more than 5 wt-%, preferably from 0 to 1 wt-%, water and based on a suspension of a builder substance in a non-ionic surfactant, for example as described in GB-A-2 158454.
- the detergent formulations (DF1) and (DF2) according to the invention may also be in the form of powders or (super-)compact powders, in the form of single- or multi-layer tablets (tabs), in the form of washing agent bars, washing agent blocks, washing agent sheets, washing agent pastes or washing agent gels, or in the form of powders, pastes, gels or liquids used in capsules or in pouches (sachets). ;
- a further embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of compositions (C1 ), (C2), (C3) and (C4) or formulations (DF1), (DF2) for the treatment of textiles.
- This detergent treatment of textiles can be conducted as a domestic treatment in normal washing machines.
- the textile fibres treated may be natural or synthetic fibres or mixtures thereof.
- natural fibres include vegetable fibres such as cotton, viscose, flax, rayon or linen, preferably cotton and animal fibres such as wool, mohair, cashmere, angora and silk, preferably wool.
- Synthetic fibres include polyester, poiyamide and polyacrylonitrile fibres.
- Preferred textile fibres are cotton, poiyamide and wool fibres, especially cotton fibres.
- textile fibres treated according to the method of the present invention have a density of less than 1000 g/ 2 , especially Jess than 500 g/rn 2 and most preferred less than 250 g/m 2 .
- the process is usually conducted in the temperature range of from 5 to 100°C, especially 5 to 60°C.
- Preferred is a temperature range of 5 to 40°C, especially 5 to 35 ⁇ C and more preferably 5 to 30°C.
- the detergent compositions herein will preferably be formulated such that, during use in aqueous cleaning operations, the wash water will have a pH of between about 6.5 and about 11 , preferably between about 7.5 and 11. Laundry products are typically at pH 9-11. Techniques for controlling pH at recommended usage levels include the use of buffers, alkalis, acids, etc., and are well known to those skilled in the art.
- Machine laundry methods herein typically comprise treating soiled laundry with an aqueous wash solution in a washing machine having dissolved or dispensed therein an effective amount of a machine laundry detergent composition in accordance with the invention.
- an effective amount of the detergent composition it is meant, e.g., from 10 g to 300 g of product dissolved or dispersed in a wash solution of volume from 5 to 85 litres, as are typical product dosages and wash solution volumes commonly employed in conventional machine laundry methods. Examples are
- the liquor ratio is preferably 1 :3 to 1 :40, especially 1 :3 to 1 :30. Highly preferred is a liquor ratio of 1 :3 to 1 :25.
- Example 1 - 4 For the Example 1 - 4 the following detergent formulations are used:
- Detergent 4 (D4): 3% Sodium alkyl benzol sulfonate 8% Ethoxylated fatty alcohol 3% Soap
- Example 2 - 4 0.75 wt-% of the following dyefixing or dye transfer inhibiton agents
- Chromabond S-100 ® (ISP) Chromabond S-400 ® (ISP) are added to the detergent formulations.
- the weight percentages relate to the active matter of these compounds and are based on the total weight of the detergent formulation.
- the fabric is spin dried at 60°C; 1 and 3 wash cycles. In all Examples, the whiteness is measured by the Ganz/Griesser-method.
- Example 1 Detergent formulation comprising FWA of formula (I), (II) or (III) but without dye fixing or dye transfer inhibition agent
- the weight percentages relate to the active matter of these compounds and are based on the total weight of the detergent formulation.
- Example 2 Detergent formulation comprising a FWA of formula (I) and dye fixing or dye transfer inhibition agent (Comparative Example)
- the weight percentages relate to the active matter of these compounds and are based on the total weight of the detergent formulation.
- Example 3 Detergent formulation comprising a FWA of formula (II) and dye fixing or dye transfer inhibition agent (Comparative Example)
- the weight percentages relate to the active matter of these compounds and are based on the total weight of the detergent formulation.
- Example 4 Detergent formulation comprising a FWA of formula (III) and dye fixing or dye transfer inhibition agent
- Table 7 Difference between the whitness obtained by the detergent with FWA only and the whiteness obtained by the detergent with FWA and dyefixing or dye transfer inhibition agents after 3 wash cycles
- Example 5 the following Softergent S1 (a detergent formulation comprising a softener agent):
- Example 5 the following washing procedure is used: 5 g of bleached cotton fabric (weave) are washed/rinsed in a linitest applying the following conditions:
- the fabric is washed with
- the whiteness of the fabric has been measured after 1 and after 3 wash cycles.
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